Bret Staton

Cybersecurity Expert

Incident Responcer

Penitration Tester

Linux & Windows Systems Engineer

Freelance Writer

Bret Staton

Cybersecurity Expert

Incident Responcer

Penitration Tester

Linux & Windows Systems Engineer

Freelance Writer

Blue Team

September 9, 2021 Linux Server Hardening: Host-Based Intrusion Detection

How to have your server tell you when there is an issue or security breach. Hardening Linux with a standalone Host-Based Intrusion Detection; OSSEC server. This article is the sixth in the Diamond Hard LAMP series.

August 10, 2021 Linux Web Server Hardening: MAC with AppArmor

How to protect LAMP servers from vulnerable web applications. Mandatory Access Controls with AppArmor. This article is the fifth in the Diamond Hard LAMP series.

July 9, 2021 Linux Server Hardening: Banning Malicious Traffic

How to use Linux system logs to block malicious traffic. This article is the fourth in the Diamond Hard LAMP series.

July 9, 2021 Linux Web Server Hardening: WAF for Web Servers

How to protect your web servers with a Web Application Firewall(WAF). Building ModSecurity for Apache. This article is the third in the Diamond Hard LAMP series.